PMID- 35021971 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220719 LR - 20220816 IS - 1873-5592 (Electronic) IS - 1389-4501 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 7 DP - 2022 TI - Targeting mTOR Signaling in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Complications. PG - 692-710 LID - 10.2174/1389450123666220111115528 [doi] AB - The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a pivotal regulator of cell metabolism and growth. In the form of two different multi-protein complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2, mTOR integrates cellular energy, nutrient and hormonal signals to regulate cellular metabolic homeostasis. In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), pathological conditions and end-organ complications can be attributed to aberrant mTOR. Substantial evidence suggests that two mTOR-mediated signaling schemes, mTORC1-p70S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) and mTORC2-protein kinase B (AKT), play a critical role in insulin sensitivity and that their dysfunction contributes to the development of T2DM. This review summarizes our current understanding of the role of mTOR signaling in T2DM and its associated complications, as well as the potential use of mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of T2DM. CI - Copyright(c) Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net. FAU - Yang, Lin AU - Yang L AD - School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China. FAU - Zhang, Zhixin AU - Zhang Z AD - School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China. FAU - Wang, Doudou AU - Wang D AD - School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China. FAU - Jiang, Yu AU - Jiang Y AD - Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh PA15261, USA. FAU - Liu, Ying AU - Liu Y AD - School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United Arab Emirates TA - Curr Drug Targets JT - Current drug targets JID - 100960531 RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - *Diabetes Complications MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1/metabolism MH - Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - *TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - diabetic complications OT - mTOR inhibitor OT - mTORC1 OT - mTORC2 OT - pivotal regulator OT - type 2 diabetes mellitus EDAT- 2022/01/14 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/20 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/13 05:37 PHST- 2021/08/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/12/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/13 05:37 [entrez] AID - CDT-EPUB-120089 [pii] AID - 10.2174/1389450123666220111115528 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Drug Targets. 2022;23(7):692-710. doi: 10.2174/1389450123666220111115528.